A collection of six new bee hives will be established at Pershore College thanks to a conservation grant.
The £1,500 grant was awarded to the Evesham Beekeeping Association by the Cotswold Conservation Board and will be used to set up the apiary and provide training for new and existing beekeepers.
The College, at Avon Bank, Pershore, will also buy new hives and provide land, classroom and storage facililties, while Wychavon District Council and the association will donate bees.
The association’s chairman Henry Dickinson said: “We are very keen to encourage more people to take up beekeeping and enjoy the benefits, and we are therefore delighted to have been awarded this grant which will not only help to up-skill and develop our members, but ultimately it will enable us to develop new colonies of healthier honeybees.”
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